Dinosaur Wooden Construction Kit

  
Bought these wooden dinosaur construction kits when we were in Australia three years ago at the Australian Geographic Store just before we went back to Malaysia for good. They had massive sales back then, so we bought several of them. The kids did two of the kits when AM was 6 and AZ was 4. But it was a miss and hit kind of thing because it was a little bit too complicated for them. They got really frustrated halfway through and stopped doing them altogether. And I ended up having to finish the construction all by myself. It was my mistake really, because it is clearly stated at the front of the kit, that it is suitable for ages 6+. Now that the kids are a little bit older, I suppose that they should give it another go.

AM chose the Stegosaurus kit while AZ chose Styracosaurus.

Included in the kit is this paper which contains the assembly instructions, complete with diagrams. 

 Wood boards for the dinosaur body parts. There are 24 easy slot together pieces to built the dinosaur.

 AZ carefully pushing out the pieces.

 You will also need to smooth all the rough edges with the sandpaper included in the kit.

 AM said that all the small dinosaurs are helping them building the dinosaur models. Here, some of the dinosaurs are seen lifting up the skeletons.

Basically, all the kids need to do is to put all the parts together by following the right order of numbers. Pieces are joined by interlocking the exact two area together that have the same numbers. They just need to look at the diagrams provided in the assembly instructions.

You don't really need to glue the parts as they fit perfectly. But of course you are allowed to use he glue it if you want all the parts to stick together permanently.

Oh, you can also varnish or paint the parts before or after the assembly. We opted neither, haha.  

 Stegosaurus beginning to take shape. 

One done! Look at those beautiful plates.

 Styracosaurus (pronounced Sty-Rack-Oh-Sore-Us).

 And another one finished.

The two dinosaur models looking so majestic.

The kids had so much fun assembling them. The project took almost an hour to finish with the kids taking breaks in between. I considered it a success!

Later, they played 'dinosaur museum' where all the small dinosaurs had to purchase tickets for entry. The kids made an object label at the front of the displayed exhibit.

You can also find these dinosaur construction kit at Daiso. I am not sure of the quality, though. Just hope that the boards are not too flimsy and the slots fit together.  Otherwise, you might want to check at Hamleys.